Sentence examples for a superficial interest from inspiring English sources

Firstly, a superficial interest in politics is far better than no interest in politics, which most of our population currently has.

It used to be said that Bach took from his Italian contemporary a superficial interest in melody, but the influence went deeper than that.

Now, for those of us in England who take, at most, a superficial interest in sport, football generally sets the tone for how we judge our country's sporting skills, simply because it hogs the most attention, and those skills are repeatedly proven to be wanting.

The photographs, too, are diverse; they take a sort of superficial interest in city views, including many shots of facades and sidewalks, but occasionally venture indoors (in one case, to capture the poet Robert Creeley's messy desk).

Mr. Hoplin said he had an early, if superficial, interest in the president, in the fifth grade.

IAE, as Levine and Rule tell it, is a language that became detached from its original theoretical meaning, and is used mainly as a way to drum up superficial interest.

Which is why it is amusing -- and probably telling -- that the term "International Art English" almost instantly became detached from its original meaning, and used by various people as a buzzword to drum up superficial interest.

But the compositions are too standard, too repetitive, to be of anything but superficial interest.

Back then, only the uniformity of their tracksuits triggered any sort of superficial interest.

I don't lead with flattery or superficial interest.

If we don't, we may start taking less respectful actions, maybe calling our friend a "social climber" when he isn't around or criticizing his "materialistic goals" or "superficial interests" to a mutual friend.